Syfy’s reality competition series “Face Off” will air their season finale live from Los Angeles, CA on Halloween night 2012, Wednesday, October 31 at 10 p.m. ET. McKenzie Westmore will host the special event and reunite the contestants, including the three finalists who will find out live if they garnered enough viewer votes to win the season.
“Face Off” premiers Tuesday, August 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will feature 12 new contestants challenged to create an original alien character inspired by the classic cantina scene from “Star Wars: A New Hope.” The episode features a guest appearance by Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings).
“Face Off” is an authentic depiction of the high creative standards necessary for a special effects make-up artist to succeed in their craft. The series debuted in January 2011 as a new reality competition program to critical and ratings success.
McKenzie Westmore returns as host, along with judges Ve Neill (The Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean) and Glenn Hetrick (Mad Men, Heroes). Patrick Tatopolous will sit on the judges’ panel for the premiere episode, before he starts production design on his latest project, “300: Battle of Artemisia.” Joining the series as the new judge is Neville Page, Lead Creature Designer on the highest grossing movie of all time “Avatar” and Character Designer on Ridley Scott’s recent blockbuster “Prometheus.”
Other judge guest appearances including Academy-Award winning producer Brian Grazer (How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind), Kevin Smith (Red State), Gale Anne Hurd (Aliens, The Walking Dead), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), LucasFilm collaborator and actor Matthew Wood (Star Wars prequels), Paul WS Anderson (Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil: Afterlife), boxer Laila Ali and Oscar-nominated makeup artist Barney Burman (Star Trek, Mission Impossible III).
